Andreu Mas-Colell

This is the standard reference textbook in advanced microeconomics (graduate level). It covers all you need in graduate school. Nowadays economics is pretty mathematical, so you must have a good background in calculus - the mathematical appendix will give you the tools you need, but it is going to be impenetrable if you don't have a solid quantitative training. So this book is not suited to self study (unless you are extremely dedicated).
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